American Mile Markers

American Mile Markers Cross the entire United States, mile by tedious mile, from the comfort of your home and personal computer. Follow Matt as he drives and takes a picture at each mile from the Statue of Liberty to the Golden Gate Bridge. Students may Email a picture postcard using any of Matt's

American Mile Markers Cross the entire United States, mile by tedious mile, from the comfort of your home and personal computer. Follow Matt as he drives and takes a picture at each mile from the Statue of Liberty to the Golden Gate Bridge. Students may Email a picture postcard using any of Matt's

Cross the entire United States, mile by tedious mile, from the comfort of your home and personal computer. Follow Matt as he drives and takes a picture at each mile from the Statue of Liberty to the Golden Gate Bridge. Students may Email a picture postcard using any of Matt's photos or use them as writing motivators. The onscreen "grease-pen-on-a-map" trail of his journey will spark many geography-related and even math-related (scale, distance) activities.

Douglass Archive of American Public Address This site provides the texts of over 100 important American speeches and related public documents ranging from John Winthrop's speech, "On Liberty," in 1645 to President George W. Bush's speech, "The Advance of Freedom," in 2003. The site also

Broadway: The American Musical Start your study of the musical with this site that showcases the major shows like West Side Story, Hair, Cats and so many more. Clicking on the name of the musical provides pictures of the cast, facts about the production, audio of a popular song from the play

Academy of American Poets In addition to providing brief biographies for more than 500 poets, Poets.org has texts of almost 2000 poems, many with audio recordings. There are also essays and discussions on a wide variety of poetry-related topics, from analysis of poems to thoughts on writing

American Football League The Pro Football Hall of Fame provides a look at the American Football League before it merged with the National Football League. This page includes information regarding events, athletes, and statistics. American Football Hall of Fame • Pictures and/or

Native American Cultures From Scholastic and Earthwatch, this site allows visitors to learn about modern-day Native American fishers of salmon on the Skagit River in Washington, about 2,000-year-old Native American rock art in Utah, and about prehistoric pueblos in New Mexico. The site offers an

American Life in Poetry Each week, Ted Kooser, U.S. Poet Laureate from 2004 to 2006, creates a column on contemporary American poetry for newspapers and online publications. Each column includes a brief introduction or reflection followed by the text of a poem. Past columns are archived,

Outline of American Literature Part of the U.S. Department of State's impressive International Information Programs, this incredibly detailed and scholarly Website presents an overview of American literature chronologically. It divides the topic into 10 chapters, from Early American and Colonial

African American Art Here's another great website to help your students celebrate Black History Month. This site showcases one hundred years of African American art achievement . Artwork ranges chronologically from the Civil War era to the Harlem Renaissance, from civil rights struggles to

African American Odyssey Based on "The African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship," a major exhibit on display at The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., this site explores Black America's quest for equality from the early national period through the twentieth century. Content